Learning From Fútbol

I see on TV great fútbol players,

after they’ve scored an improbable goal,

(all goals in fútbol being improbable),

run like headless roosters for the sidelines,

skid on their knees and arses ten feet,

immediately to be piled upon

by every one of their teammates.

Maybe I should try this in tennis—

after winning a point with a splendid shot,

go like hell from court 2 to court 6,

howling and fisting the air with joy, leaping

and coming to rest on one side,

awaiting the dive of my partner.

I should only do this at the end of games,

I suspect, or possibly only on changeovers.